Locking device.



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7.2, 1909.

P. D. WINTERLING. LOCKING DEVICE.

uro/Mrs l Patented Feb. 8, 1910. i

Ta alt whom it 'may concern: I i

Be 1t known that I, FRANK DONNELL WIN- `Temario, a citizen of the United States, and

DONNELL WINTERLING, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOCKING DEVICE.

A Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Application ledvMarch 22, 1909. 4 Serial No. 484,865. l' v a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York,` have invented a new and Improved Locking Device, of which the followlng is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to manually controlled levers, such as the controlling levers 4of automobiles and thelike, and its object is to provide a new and improved locking device arranged to securely hold the controlling lever in position against accidental dis placement, and to prevent the operator from -shitting the controlling lever too far.

The invention 'consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the saine, whiehwill be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed ont in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented iii the. accompanying drawings torininga part of this specification, in lwhichlsiinilar characters of reference indi-- cate corresponding parts in both views.A

Figure l is a sectional side elevation' of thc i .improvement on the line 1 -41 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 2 isa planI View of the saine, part being shown in section.

In the supporting frame A is joiirnaled a shaft B, connected with the part to be controlledpand on Athe shaft B is secured the controlling lever vCypreterably made -in two sections C and C2, connected with each other by a pivot C3, as plainly shown in the drawings. The lower or vfulcrnrn section C of the 'lever C is secured on the shaft B, while the upper section C2 is the handle section, and is capable of swinging transversely in addition to its" longitudinal movement, on

. .fmoving the lever C in the usual manner.

The handle section C? of the lever C is adapted to engage notches D in the face of the bar D, extending longitudinally and forming part of the supporting frame A, and the said handle section C2 is pressed in contact with the bar'D and its notches D by a spring-pressed bar E, located directly opposite the notched bar D, and mounted to slide toward and from the same on studs F held in the ends of the notched bar D. On the studs F is also held an abutment baur G, between which and the bar E are interposed springs l-l, so as to press thebarfE in contact with the handle section C2 of the leverC. New bythe.arrangement described the lever C is firmly pressed in engagement with the bar l) and itsjnotches D by the spring-pressed bar E, so that the controlling leveris securely held against accidental displacement owing to the jolts and jars of the aiiioiiiobile, and the, operator in shitting the level C in a longitudinal direction is not liable lo move tlie'controlling lever too far, as the spring-pressed bar E readily forces the handle section C2 into the next notch D' onswinging the lever Cin a longitudinal direction.

The bars (lr and E may be connected with each other at the top, bottom and ends by a fabric covering l, arranged iii/bellows shape, so as to allow yielding movement. of the bar A, as above exiilaiiied, when shifting the levver C longitudinally. By the iise of this covering I the springs H are prevented from being clogged lip by dust, oll or other 1mpurities.

. Having thus described my invention, I

claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters I Patent:

l. A locking device for controlling levers ot' automobiles and the like, comprising a bar having notches in its face for engagement by one side of the controlling lever studs on thc ends of the said notched bar, a pair of spaced bars mounted on'the said studs, and springs interposed between the bars of the said pair to force the innermost bar against the controlli-ng lever to hold the latter in place on the notched bar.

2. A controlling mechanism, comprising spaced bars, ofA which oneis notched and the `other sprinoypressed and capable of sliding towardor rom the notched bar, and a controlling lever inade in two sections. pivotally` Vconnected with each other, one of the sectlons being the fiilcrnm section and the other thehandle section, the axis of the pivot for the said sections extending in the direction of the length of the said bars, to allow the handle section to move longitudinally and to swing laterally.

3. A locking device for controlling levers of automobiles and the like, comprising 'bar and one of the outer bars, the other outer "three bars spared apart fim each other, the central bar being siiduble toward and from two Subscribmg Witnesses. he outer bars, sp1-lugs between the central FRANK Mmmm ,TBRMNGI bai" having notches'on its inner face for en Witnesses:

@agement by the lever. THEO. G. Hos'rxm,

Xn. testimony whereof I` have signed my 4 JOHN I. DAVIS.

name to this peccatio'n in the presence of 

